Students will be able to
identify various types of jobs available in the local community through
products and services.

Materials Needed

Chalk, Chalkboard or Whiteboard,
and Marker, Print Media or Photos of local
businesses, and/or locally made products.

Detailed Activity Steps

Have students brainstorm what
some of the jobs are in the local community (related to services and
products).

List all student ideas on the
whiteboard.

Expand student ideas by
listing additional jobs related to local products and services.

Share print media related to
these local businesses to illustrate additional jobs (i.e. newspaper
advertisements, brochures, or photos of the business, and/or products
from the business).

Discuss some of the various
jobs within local businesses (i.e. grocery store = cashiers, stock
people, baggers, managers, etc.)

Wrap-up activity- review
orally with students about the jobs in their local community.

Theory basis

Trait and Factor Theory

Evaluation/Assessment

Oral review at end of lesson
(informal)
Written response in daily
language arts journal about “Jobs in Our Local Community” (formal)

Comments

The newspaper or yellow pages
are good sources for print ads. The local chamber of commerce website
may also provide quick access to printable material about local
businesses.

A more detailed approach to
describing local businesses can be acquired by obtaining brochures
from the local chamber of commerce, by obtaining sample products, or
by visiting businesses to take photographs.

Enhancement Activities

Tour the community via school
transportation to survey local businesses. Point out various types of
businesses and discuss the related services, products and jobs.

Invite parents and/or others
in as guest speakers to discuss their employment at local businesses.

Utilize Paws in Jobland program (www.bridges.com ) to explore examples of community jobs.

Adaptation for at risk kids

Students with significant
written language impairment may respond orally and individually to the
evaluation/ assessment.

Resources

Local phone book yellow pages,
local chamber of commerce office or website, camera (optional), products
from local businesses, www.bridges.com (Paws in Jobland program).

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